What is hex #E5AA70 color?

 
The hex code #E5AA70 is globally known as Fawn.
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 90% red, 67% green and 44% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (229,170,112).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 26%, 51%, 10%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #E5AA70 features a hue of 30°, 51% saturation, and a brightness value of 90%.

Hex #E5AA70 Color Codes & Equivalents

Color Name [Fawn]
RGB Values (229,170,112)
CMYK Values (0%, 26%, 51%, 10%)
HSV/HSB Values (30°, 51%, 90%)
Closest Web Safe
#CC9966 [Brown Yellow]
Inverse Color
#1A558F
Closest Pantone®
472 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1002 [Sand yellow]
Complementary Color
#70ABE5

#E5AA70 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#AAAAAA
Lightness (Desaturation)
#AAAAAA
Weighted (BT601)
#B5B5B5
Luma (BT709)
#B2B2B2

Hex #E5AA70 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #E5AA70 is #70ABE5. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #E5AA70 you will find #70ABE5. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#E5AA70 #70ABE5

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #E5AA70 is composed with colors #E57070 and #E5E470. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #E5AA70 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#E57070 #E5AA70 #E5E470

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #E5AA70 is composed with colors #7070E5 and #70E5E4. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#E5AA70 #7070E5 #70E5E4

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #E5AA70 is composed with colors #AA70E5 and #70E5AA. They are located to the right and left of your main color #E5AA70 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#E5AA70 #AA70E5 #70E5AA

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #E5AA70 is composed with colors #70E5AA, #70ABE5 and #E570AB A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#E5AA70 #70E5AA #70ABE5 #E570AB

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #E5AA70 is composed with colors #70E570, #70ABE5 and #E470E5 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

#E5AA70 #70E570 #70ABE5 #E470E5

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #E5AA70

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #E5AA70.

#E5AA70 #E8B481 #EBBE92 #EEC8A3 #F1D3B5 #F4DDC6 #F7E7D7 #FAF1E8

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#E5AA70 #DCAA78 #D4AA80 #CCAA88 #C3AA91 #BBAA99 #B3AAA1 #ABAAA9

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#E5AA70 #E19F5E #DE954D #DB8B3C #D8802A #CA7624 #B86C21 #A7621E

Hex #E5AA70 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #E5AA70
Java new Color(229,170,112);
Python Color(#E5AA70)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 229,170,112);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.9, green: 0.67, blue: 0.44, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(229, 170, 112)